A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed

HOW ODD THAT MASSACRES MOSTLY HAPPEN IN "GUN-FREE ZONES"! When will the brain-dead Left wake up and draw the obvious conclusion? Gun bans kill kids

Friday, March 21, 2014

Arkansas Has Constitutional Carry Walks in Russleville and Mountain Home

Constitutional/open/Celebrate Act 746 Walk in Russelville, Arkansas

Two separate open carry/ constitutional carry, or celebrate Act 746 walks, took place in Arkansas last Saturday, 15 March. One of the walks was in Russelville, the second was in Mountain Home. Both walks were peaceful and relatively uneventful, as has come to be the norm. No one was arrested and a good time was had. From Arkansascarry.com:

The Russellvile open carry celebration walk on March 15th, 2014 was
another huge success. The Russellville police department was very easy
to work with and Fat Daddy's BBQ did an excellent job feeding all of us.
Great food as well if you are ever in the Russellvile area.

Another Act 746 celebration march was held in Mountain Home, with at least 70 participants. The pictures show a group three times the size of the Russelville march. From the baxterbulletin.com:

Organized by Arkansas Carry, the unprecedented event for the Twin Lakes
Area celebrated what the pro-gun group calls the right of state
residents to openly carry a firearm, an interpretation it believes is
lawful through Act 746 legislation passed last April by Arkansas
lawmakers.

As has become common in these events, the group received feedback that their actions were appreciated:

As the group walked, passing motorists occasionally honked their horns
and waved, with group members waving back under sunny skies.

On the discussion forum for Arkansas at opencarry.org, endorphine44 sums up what has happened with the education effort on Act 746 so far:

all of the threats and posturing from the anti-gun crowd has been exactly that so far. I think they fully understand they can't do anything about it and are hoping the idle threats will stop it.

I'm not aware of anyone being arrested for open carry, even in cities that have squealed the loudest about not allowing it. The worst story I can come up with was a 10-15 min "detention" by LRPD in a WalMart that ended with everyone walking away.

Last year I would have bet money that this would have already resulted in an arrest and court case to validate Constitutional Carry in Arkansas, but at this point I'm almost convinced it's going to happen without any challenge at all. As more people become comfortable with open carry and are exposed to more people carrying in the open there will be much less will of the people to change or "clarify" the law.

Another celebrate Act 746 walk is scheduled for Eureka Springs on March 29th.

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Background

“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” -- Thomas Jefferson

Syndicated columnist Charley Reese (1937-2013): "Gun control by definition affects only honest people. When a politician tells you he wants to forbid you from owning a firearm or force you to get a license, he is telling you he doesn’t trust you. That’s an insult. ... Gun control is not about guns or crime. It is about an elite that fears and despises the common people."

The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles -- Jeff Cooper (1920-2006)

Note for non-American readers: Crime reports from America which describe an offender just as a "teen" or "teenager" almost invariably mean a BLACK teenager.

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics.

Two lines below of a famous hymn that would be incomprehensible to Leftists today ("honor"? "right"? "freedom?" Freedom to agree with them is the only freedom they believe in)

First to fight for right and freedom,
And to keep our honor clean

It is of course the hymn of the USMC -- still today the relentless warriors that they always were.

The intellectual Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) said: "The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

How much do you know about Trayvon Martin? Did you recognize him in the picture above? If not you may need to know more about him. It's all here (Backups here and here)

“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” -- Robert A. Heinlein

After all the serious stuff here, maybe we need a funny picture of a cantankerous cat